[ SECRET POST #336 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #336 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Out again, Christmas shopping/making a buttload of cookies! You know what to do!

Last day to submit for next week!

Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 00 secrets from Secret Submission Post #048.
Secrets Not Posted: 0 broken links, [ 1 ] not!secret, [ 1 ] not!fandom, [ 1 ] repeat.
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Current Secret Submission Post: here.
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Comments

[omg-its-gackt.livejournal.com]

& where exactly does he actually use the word "better"? He never said that Japan's feeling was better than other countries, he said they were different. How is that racist?

First off, Gackt is Japanese. I wouldn't blame him for taking pride in his "Japanese spirit". He said that Japan is losing the Bushido spirit, & he feels that people should know about it. It's not like he's going & saying "every Japanese person should know about the Bushido spirit because we're Japanese, I'm Gackt, & I say so." He said that Japanese people should know about it is all

[pretentioustfu.livejournal.com]

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& where exactly does he actually use the word "better"? He never said that Japan's feeling was better than other countries, he said they were different. How is that racist?

You're arguing semantics. He implied that he sees Japan as better than anywhere else in the world, and that is exactly what Japan's right-wing racists claim. By establishing the "superiority" of his nation. . . he's being a racial supremacist.

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First off, Gackt is Japanese. I wouldn't blame him for taking pride in his "Japanese spirit". He said that Japan is losing the Bushido spirit, & he feels that people should know about it. It's not like he's going & saying "every Japanese person should know about the Bushido spirit because we're Japanese, I'm Gackt, & I say so." He said that Japanese people should know about it is all

Like there's any lack of teaching or knowledge on it? And seriously, taking pride in one's "Japanese spirit" is as offensive as taking pride in one's white skin color.

[omg-its-gackt.livejournal.com]

Did you just decide he's "implying" it? He never said it. He never said

"It’s like the way the sea in Japan feels really cold, unlike the seas in other countries. Even the forests and everything else; there is a darker, scarier green compared with overseas-- Japan's feeling is better than other countries feelings"

If he added that, then yes, it would come off as being slightly racist. Even if he did say that, I still don't think it would come off as too offensive, unless he pointed out that all the Japanese people were better than every other nationality.

How do you know there's lack of teaching or knowledge? Do you live in Japan? Do you witness it everyday on the Japanese streets, in the school, in the homes? He's ALWAYS in Japan, & maybe he has come across people that know nothing about it at all. But STILL, even with that, it's NOT racism.